How to solve "digitally signed driver is required"

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  1. Posts : 6
    windows 10
       #1

    How to solve "digitally signed driver is required"


    Hello everyone.

    Recently I kept getting this popup saying *A digitally signed driver is required*

    How do I find out what program is using this unsigned driver to remove this popup?
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  2. Posts : 19,518
    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       #2

    Any warnings in Device Manager ?
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  3. Posts : 6
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    CountMike said:
    Any warnings in Device Manager ?
    Thank you for the reply.

    I don't see any errors on there, nor any yellow triangles with exclamation mark inside
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  4. Posts : 19,518
    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       #4

    Standard W10 settings do not allow unsigned drivers so that must be some program misrepresenting. If it doesn't happen with particular program, try turning off programs from Startup and see if and which one stops it from appearing.
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  5. Posts : 6
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #5

    CountMike said:
    Standard W10 settings do not allow unsigned drivers so that must be some program misrepresenting. If it doesn't happen with particular program, try turning off programs from Startup and see if and which one stops it from appearing.
    Thank you, will try this.
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  6. Posts : 5,327
    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
       #6

    On Windows 10 (64-bit), Microsoft has included a feature, driver signature enforcement feature that is designed to ensure that users of 64-bit versions of Windows require that you install digitally signed drivers.

    Digitally signed drivers come with an electronic fingerprint that guaranties that the driver was created by the hardware manufacturer and that it hasn’t been modified since it was created.

    If your drivers aren’t digitally signed you won’t be able to install them at all which means that you won’t be able to use the hardware that is associated with them.

    To install less-than-official drivers or old unsigned drivers, you’ll need to disable driver signature enforcement.
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  7. Posts : 1,656
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #7

    Not sure if @Brink has a tutorial for disabling driver signature enforcement, so this may help instead:
    Disable Driver Signature Enforcement on Windows 10 Easily! - Driver Easy

    Before doing that, try this to check your drivers - it may highlight the problematical one:
    Verify if System Files and Drivers are Digitally Signed in Windows Hardware Drivers Tutorials
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  8. Posts : 68,882
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #8

    Golden said:
    Not sure if @Brink has a tutorial for disabling driver signature enforcement, so this may help instead:
    Disable Driver Signature Enforcement on Windows 10 Easily! - Driver Easy
    Hello @Golden, :)

    Here you go:

    Enable and Disable Driver Verifier in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
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  9. Posts : 809
    Win10
       #9

    Definitely identify the offending program before disabling driver signature enforcement.

    Doesn't the pop-up tell you what driver it's complaining about? That could give us some clue on what program it is.

    From some random screenshot I found online:
    How to solve "digitally signed driver is required"-image.png
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  10. Posts : 6
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #10

    PolarNettles said:
    Definitely identify the offending program before disabling driver signature enforcement.

    Doesn't the pop-up tell you what driver it's complaining about? That could give us some clue on what program it is.

    From some random screenshot I found online:
    How to solve "digitally signed driver is required"-image.png
    This is what I am getting.How to solve "digitally signed driver is required"-riverbed.jpg
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